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  • Haunted Shepton Mallet Prison Announces Its Closure

    November 28, 2023

    Shepton Mallet Prison, a location popular with paranormal investigators, has announced its impending closure driven by a breakdown in relations with the property's owners.

  • In The Witch's Lair: A Torch-Lit Journey Through Wookey Hole Caves

    October 23, 2023

    We went on a Halloween adventure to explore the myths, legends, and ghostly tales of Wookey Hole Caves on an rare lights-out tour of the Somerset attraction.

  • Join Richard Felix For A Night Of Paranormal Fun At Somerset's Dillington House

    January 04, 2023

    Television ghost hunter Richard Felix is heading to the historic Dillington House in Somerset to host a dinner, talk and ghost hunt with a local paranormal team and you can be there.

  • Help! My House Is Haunted: Unfinished Business

    October 07, 2022

    The 'Help! My House Is Haunted' team head to Somerset to unravel 700 years of history in an attempt to get to the bottom of what's haunting a historic hotel.

  • Somerset Ghosts Quiz

    September 13, 2022

    We've put together 20 tricky question about the county's paranormal hotspots, but how much do you know about the haunted locations scattered across Somerset?

  • A Somerset Hotel Has Made Headlines After Ghost Hunters Hear Phantom Footsteps

    December 05, 2021

    A team of paranormal investigators have made national headlines after a night of ghost hunting resulted in disembodied voices, phantom footsteps and hair pulling.

  • Ghostly Goings On Caught On CCTV At Shepton Mallet Prison

    November 30, 2021

    A strange incident was capture on security camera footage at the abandoned and allegedly very haunted former HMP Shepton Mallet in Somerset.

  • Re-Visiting Bath's Haunted Holly Bush

    November 08, 2021

    The historic Georgian city of Bath has an unusual paranormal hotspot in the form of a haunted holly bush situated on the site of the city's former dueling grounds.

  • EVPs All Round At Barri Ghai's Lock In At A Haunted Somerset Pub

    August 25, 2021

    At the weekend I went to a haunted Somerset pub for a lock in with a difference, a public paranormal investigation hosted by TV ghost hunter, Barri Ghai, star of 'Help! My House Is Haunted'.

  • HMP Shepton Mallet Proves Active For The Ouija Brothers During Five Hour Lockdown

    July 26, 2021

    The Ouija Brothers have returned to Shepton Mallet prison in Somerset, a location they'd previously said was one of the scariest investigations they'd ever done

  • New ITV Drama 'Des' Filmed At Haunted Shepton Mallet Prison

    September 09, 2020

    'Des', a new ITV drama starring David Tennant will include scenes shot at the now-disused HMP Shepton Mallet prison in Somerset, which is said to be haunted.

  • The Cursing Spirit That Haunts Ancient Woodland In Somerset

    July 10, 2020

    A South West paranormal investigation team have stepped in to deal with reports of a ghost in an idyllic part of the Quantocks who allegedly shouts abuse at passing ramblers.

  • 10 Most Haunted Places In Somerset

    March 29, 2020

    Somerset is the location of the mythical vale of Avalon and is known for its connection with paganism and the occult, which has resulted in many paranormal hotspots.

  • A39, Bath Road

    February 06, 2020

    A stretch of road running through Somerset is said to be haunted by a ghostly horseman who appears at various points along the A39 before disappearing.

  • The Secret Commonwealth - Hellier 2: Episode 8

    December 12, 2019

    Synchronicities drive the team to Somerset.

  • Help! My House Is Haunted: Uncle Tom's Cabin

    December 05, 2019

    Barri Ghai, Chris Fleming, and Jayne Harris, are in Somerset to investigate the paranormal activity at Uncle Tom's Cabin, the oldest pub in the town of Wincanton.

  • The Chough's Hotel

    The historic 17th century hotel is located on the main high street through the Somerset town of Chard, and is named after a type of crow that usually inhabits Britain's costal regions.

  • Taunton Castle

    Taunton Castle was built in the 12th century and stands on the site of fortification that have been protecting the county town for much longer.

  • The A30

    The A30 snaked through Devon and Cornwall and stretch into Somerset, along part of its route between Chard and Crewkerne plenty of paranormal activity has been reported.

  • Yeovil Junction Railway Station

    Yeovil Junction Railway Sttion was opened in 1860 on the London to Exeter line, it is said to be haunted by the ghost of a female station worked named Molly.

  • Keynsham Railway Station

    Keynsham station is on the Great Western Main Line in that serves London Paddington, the station lies between Bath and Bristol is said to be haunted by a phantom locomotive.

  • Freezing Hill

    Freezing Hill is one of the highest points between the cities of Bristol and Bath, it's marked with a line of 52 birch trees that were planted hundreds of years ago, no one knows who planted it and why.

  • Sandhill Park

    Sandhill Park was originally built as a private home, but in 1919 the Somerset County Council bought the house and converted it into a home for handicapped children.

  • Brown's Folly

    An area of woodland, just outside of Bath, between Bathford and Bradford-on-Avon, that takes its name from a folly tower of the same name, which was built in the middle of the woods in 1848.

  • Wookey Hole Caves

    The famous show caves are said to be haunted due to their colourful past, most famously its former, a resident witch.

  • HMP Shepton Mallet

    The grade II listed prison, also known as Cornhill was the oldest operating prison in the UK when it closed in 2013.

  • Is Somerset The Most Paranormally Active County In Great Britain?

    June 03, 2019

    The beautiful county of Somerset in the South West of England is known for its myths, legends, hauntings and extraterrestrial visitations, could this make it the most paranormally active county in the UK?

  • Wookey Hole Caves Call A Paranormal Emergency ๐Ÿšจ

    May 07, 2019

    Members of the public are being invited to take part in a ghost hunt at Wookey Hole in Somerset, which is reported to be the location of numerous paranormal occurrences, including the 'Wookey Witch'.

  • Paranormal Lockdown UK: Shepton Mallet Prison

    August 30, 2018

    Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman spend 72 hours locked inside of a now abandoned prison in Somerset, which is plagued by the ghosts of its grim 400 year history of incarceration, suffering and execution.

  • HMP Shepton Mallet Ghost Quiz

    June 26, 2018

    Test your knowledge of the ghosts and hauntings associated with the now disused HMP Shepton Mallet, which is said to be the most haunted prison in the UK.

  • My Night Ghost Hunting In A Haunted Prison

    March 31, 2018

    Find out what happened when I spent the night hunting ghosts in the cells of HMP Shepton Mallet, a former prison which is said to be the most haunted in the UK.

  • Fussells Old Iron Works

    September 05, 2016

    Old Iron Works, originally known as Fussells' Lower Works is an abandoned iron works, comprising mostly of roofless stone building shells, some still with the metal beams or stairs intact. Some of the old works still remains such as old furnaces.

  • Combe Down Tunnel

    September 20, 2010

    A mile long railway tunnel on the Bath extension line of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which ran between Midford and Bath Queen Square until 1966.

  • Sandhill Park Estate

    March 05, 2009

    Originally the Lethbridge family home, it was used as an army hospital during the WW2 and then put in to use as a hospital for handicapped children by the local council, it has since been closed down.

  • Most Haunted: Wookey Hole Caves

    February 24, 2009

    A witch turned to stone and ancient pagan rituals await the Most Haunted team as they journey to Somerset. The team goes face-to-face with witchcraft and a place filled with phantoms from a harsh past. Welcome to Wookey Hole Mill and Caves.

  • Most Haunted: West Virginia State Penitentiary

    December 09, 2008

    Yvette Fielding and The Most Haunted team visit the West Virginia State Penitentiary, a site with a dark history and the subject of a number of sinister stories involving violent inmates.

  • Brean Down Fort

    August 26, 2008

    The fort was built between 1864 and 1871 on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. Originally armed with seven 7" RMLs, it was disarmed in 1901, but rearmed with two 6" ex-naval guns during World War II. Recently restored and opened to the public by the National Trust.

  • Singleway Mine

    August 19, 2008

    A small quarry spread through out a hill top near Bath University, a great example of a stone quarry from this era.

  • Most Haunted: Taunton Castle

    August 29, 2006

    Taunton Castle has a gruesome history of the killings of over 100 traitors to King James II during battle. Could these be the souls haunting Taunton or is there something darker lurking? The Most Haunted Team investigate.

  • Most Haunted: The Chough's Hotel

    September 14, 2004

    The Clough Hotel in Somerset is said to be one of the most haunted hotels in the UK. The ghost of a young girl called Elizabeth who died by poisoning herself to avoid becoming like her mother, is said to play with the children who stay at the hotel. Will the team find her?

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